Phenom Songtext
von Thao & the Get Down Stay Down

Sip on joy, the purest drink
Move to make, thought to think
They can feel us from afar
Avenues and boulevards

White collar cannibal, whatcha gonna do?
Everyone′s a tendon, so who you gonna chew?
I will not equivocate
If that's so, let′s celebrate

Shamefully, shame's claim on me
Led my life with infamy
But I don't call it, I don′t solve it
I dissolve it famously

I′ve been so politely at the bottom
Pull it tight, bootstrap, strap it on and top 'em
I′ve been so politely at the bottom
Pull it tight, bootstrap, strap it on and top 'em

In the past, I was patient
Now I′m so tired


Fa-fa-fa-feverish few, I will not drop it
Power cowards never stop it
I have nurtured, you corrupted
I am erupting, don't interrupt it

Careful, I′m an animal, trap, trap, trap
First of the secondary class, class, class
You know I don't trust you, what's the catch, catch, catch?
Don′t you fucking touch me, I will gnash, gnash, gnash

′Cause I am an old phenomenon
And I am an old phenomenon
Show them we believe, see the unforeseen
Sharpen canine teeth, get those ringside seats
When the scorched of the earth come back by sea

Sip on joy, the purest drink
Move to make, thought to think
They can feel us from afar
Avenues and boulevards

I've been so politely at the bottom
Pull it tight, bootstrap, strap it on and top ′em (In the past)
I've been so politely at the bottom (I was peaceful)
Pull it tight, bootstrap, strap it on and top ′em (Now I'm on fire)


I′ve been so politely at the
I've been so politely at the (I'm a creature)
I′ve been so politely at the (I′m a feature)
I've been so politely at the (Of the future)
I′ve been so politely at the (And I am on fire)

But I am an old phenomenon
But I am an old phenomenon
But I am an old phenomenon
But I am an old phenomenon